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  1. James Hilton _ The Definitive James Hilton

    He was not much of a nature-worshipper, but he perceived that nature here was certainly at her best and liveliest. He gave her, as it were, full marks and a nod of approval, feeling that she would do very nicely as a background to his satisfying emotions
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  2. James Hilton _ The Definitive James Hilton

    she really did possess a love for humanity, and the further removed humanity was, both in space and time, the more she loved it.
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  3. James Hilton _ The Definitive James Hilton

    Aunt Viney {short for 'Lavinia'}, viewed in the grey daylight that came in through the dining-room window, was always a rather imposing spectacle. She was fifty-one years of age, and had large staring eyes, quick bustling movements, more than a tendency to stoutness, a menacing optimism that was not quite matched by a sense of humour, and the most decided opinions upon everything. She was an excellent 'manager', and for more than a decade had lived at the Manse with her sister and brother-in-law and their children {there had been boys at one time}, looking after them all with undoubted if rather relentless competence.
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  4. James Hilton _ The Definitive James Hilton

    It did not require a great deal of imagination to picture a world in which power had passed into the hands of Al Capones with their private bombing squadrons.
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  5. James Hilton _ The Definitive James Hilton

    Are you interested, by the way, in etchings? I have one or two here that are considered to be rather choice.
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  6. James Hilton _ The Definitive James Hilton

    But now I'm beginning to care again-a little-and it hurts-it's really more convenient not to have any hopes and fears.
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